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Vol. I. May, 1888 No. VII.
The Volante.
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Published monthly by the Students' Association of the University
of Dakota.
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BOARD OF EDITORS:
H. S. Houston, '88; Agnes L. True, 89; F. J. MUENCH, '90;
E. A. BURGESS, '90; Fannie Ayres, '91; FRANK MCPETRIE, '91.
BOARD OF MANAGERS:
E. D. HAWKINS, '91; FLORENCE E. SMITH, '91; A. A. BOYNTON, '91.
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HERBERT S. HOUSTON, Editor-in-Chief.
A. ALBERT BOYNTON, Business Manager.
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Terms, $1.00 per year. Single copies, 15 cents.
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Entered in the Post-office, at Vermillion, as second-class mail matter.
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SANCTUM
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The first contest of the Dakota Collegiate
Oratorical Association has been held; the prizes
have been awarded; the officers for the coming
year together with the place of holding the next
contest have been selected. In connection with
these events mistakes have been made, which
should be honestly pointed out that they may
in future be avoided. Some of these mistakes
have been excusable and can, therefore, be readily
overlooked. Others have been wholly inexcusable,
and such should be clearly presented
and duly accredited to those responsible for them.
Chiefest, in the category of the latter, must be
placed the altogether shabby manner in which
the students of Sioux Falls University, the hosts
of the association, entertained their guests. Assuming
that our hosts were no respecters of persons,
we present the reception accorded the University
of Dakota students as typical.
On arriving in Sioux Falls, we found awaiting
us a small and poorly organized committee
of reception, which made itself exceedingly conspicuous
by neglecting to perform every duty
that belongs to such a committee. Reaching
the Cataract House we were left, during the entire
day, severely alone; no one called to inquire
into our comfort; no opportunities were offered
to become acquainted with those whom we had
presumed to be our hosts; no invitations were
received to visit their college, and even when a
small party of our students did visit it no one
offered to show them over the building: in fact
that kindly, cheering hospitality which welcomes
the stranger guest and makes his stay agreeable
was wholly lacking. But the grand climax in
the way of incivilities was reached in the evening:
after the banquet at the Cataract, having
an hour to spend before the departure of our
train, a fact well known to all, most of our party
went into the parlors of the hotel expecting at
last to meet some of the Sioux Falls students,
but imagine our surprise (we might use a stronger
word) when they, seemingly unconscious of our
presence, passed down the stairway, by the open
entrance to the parlors and out across the street
to a dance. After this exhibition of utter boorishness
we were all prepared to depart for home,
carrying with us the firm conviction that for a
supreme incapacity to comprehend common civilities
our hosts(?) should be awarded the palm.
Strange as it may appear, one or two persons
connected with Sioux Falls University actually
came to the realization of the fact, at the
eleventh hour, that the reception given the visitors
was not what it should have been, but they,
instead of striving to make amends, sought only
to justify, by puerile excuses, their inexcusable
action. It might be interesting to state their
chief excuse: "We get no money from this contest,

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Vol. I. May, 1888 No. VII.
The Volante.
--------------------
Published monthly by the Students' Association of the University
of Dakota.
--------------------
BOARD OF EDITORS:
H. S. Houston, '88; Agnes L. True, 89; F. J. MUENCH, '90;
E. A. BURGESS, '90; Fannie Ayres, '91; FRANK MCPETRIE, '91.
BOARD OF MANAGERS:
E. D. HAWKINS, '91; FLORENCE E. SMITH, '91; A. A. BOYNTON, '91.
--------------------
HERBERT S. HOUSTON, Editor-in-Chief.
A. ALBERT BOYNTON, Business Manager.
--------------------
Terms, $1.00 per year. Single copies, 15 cents.
--------------------
Entered in the Post-office, at Vermillion, as second-class mail matter.
--------------------
SANCTUM
--------------------
The first contest of the Dakota Collegiate
Oratorical Association has been held; the prizes
have been awarded; the officers for the coming
year together with the place of holding the next
contest have been selected. In connection with
these events mistakes have been made, which
should be honestly pointed out that they may
in future be avoided. Some of these mistakes
have been excusable and can, therefore, be readily
overlooked. Others have been wholly inexcusable,
and such should be clearly presented
and duly accredited to those responsible for them.
Chiefest, in the category of the latter, must be
placed the altogether shabby manner in which
the students of Sioux Falls University, the hosts
of the association, entertained their guests. Assuming
that our hosts were no respecters of persons,
we present the reception accorded the University
of Dakota students as typical.
On arriving in Sioux Falls, we found awaiting
us a small and poorly organized committee
of reception, which made itself exceedingly conspicuous
by neglecting to perform every duty
that belongs to such a committee. Reaching
the Cataract House we were left, during the entire
day, severely alone; no one called to inquire
into our comfort; no opportunities were offered
to become acquainted with those whom we had
presumed to be our hosts; no invitations were
received to visit their college, and even when a
small party of our students did visit it no one
offered to show them over the building: in fact
that kindly, cheering hospitality which welcomes
the stranger guest and makes his stay agreeable
was wholly lacking. But the grand climax in
the way of incivilities was reached in the evening:
after the banquet at the Cataract, having
an hour to spend before the departure of our
train, a fact well known to all, most of our party
went into the parlors of the hotel expecting at
last to meet some of the Sioux Falls students,
but imagine our surprise (we might use a stronger
word) when they, seemingly unconscious of our
presence, passed down the stairway, by the open
entrance to the parlors and out across the street
to a dance. After this exhibition of utter boorishness
we were all prepared to depart for home,
carrying with us the firm conviction that for a
supreme incapacity to comprehend common civilities
our hosts(?) should be awarded the palm.
Strange as it may appear, one or two persons
connected with Sioux Falls University actually
came to the realization of the fact, at the
eleventh hour, that the reception given the visitors
was not what it should have been, but they,
instead of striving to make amends, sought only
to justify, by puerile excuses, their inexcusable
action. It might be interesting to state their
chief excuse: "We get no money from this contest,

Images from this collection may be downloaded for non-commercial educational and research purposes on the condition that The University of South Dakota, Archives and Special Collections is credited as the source. For permission to use a particular item for any other purpose, such as publishing, video production, exhibits, product presentations, interior design, or advertising, you must contact The University of South Dakota, Archives and Special Collections. The user is responsible for all issues of copyright.